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The 2014 campaign season is cranking into high gear, which means politically-related claims are bound to start flying. PolitiFact Oregon knows our readers are likely to come across assertions of all kinds before we do, so send them along and we'll start checking the facts.
(Benjamin Brink/The Oregonian)

With the May primary election less than three months away, the 2014 campaign season is swinging into high gear.

PolitiFact Oregon lives for times such as these, because we know that politicians and other prominent public figures are going to be making claims, statements and assertions by the score.

It’s our job to find and check these claims and we are asking readers to keep those ears open for anything warranting some scrutiny. Since one of our ratings categories is True, we are more than open to claims that shed light on an issue of interest, but are potentially true.

And anything that reeks of a possible Pants on Fire rating? Well, that’s what gets us up in the morning.

We post a daily roundup here of ratings claims from PolitiFact affiliates around the country, but we want to hear from readers on what we should apply the PolitiFact Oregon microscope to next. Thanks for reading and keep those claims coming.